Deuteronomy 14:11-18
New International Version
11 You may eat any clean bird. 12 But these you may not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture, 13 the red kite, the black kite, any kind(A) of falcon,(B) 14 any kind of raven,(C) 15 the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk, 16 the little owl, the great owl, the white owl, 17 the desert owl,(D) the osprey, the cormorant, 18 the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.
Deuteronomy 14:11-18
New King James Version
11 “All clean birds you may eat. 12 (A)But these you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard, 13 the red kite, the falcon, and the kite after their kinds; 14 every raven after its kind; 15 the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the sea gull, and the hawk after their kinds; 16 the little owl, the screech owl, the white owl, 17 the jackdaw, the carrion vulture, the fisher owl, 18 the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe and the bat.
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Deuteronomy 14:11-18
English Standard Version
11 “You may eat all clean birds. 12 But these are the ones that you shall not eat: the eagle,[a] the bearded vulture, the black vulture, 13 the kite, the falcon of any kind; 14 every raven of any kind; 15 the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind; 16 the little owl and the short-eared owl, the barn owl 17 and the tawny owl, the carrion vulture and the cormorant, 18 the stork, the heron of any kind; the hoopoe and the bat.
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- Deuteronomy 14:12 The identity of many of these birds is uncertain
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